Water-elevator



(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1.

G. M. ATHERTON WATER, ELEVATOR.

110,357,971. Patented Feb. 15,1887.

s Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

G. M. ATHERTON. WATER ELEVATOR.

No. 357,971. Patented Feb. 15, 1887,

GarridcM mu N. PETERS, Phnhblhognpher. Wuhingicn. RC-

3 SheetsSheet 3;

(No Model.)

G. M. ATIHERTON.

WATER ELEVATOR.

No. 357,971. Patented Feb. 15, 1887.

WITNESSES Attorney llNrrED STATES PATENT O FICE.

GARRIOK M. ATHERTON, OF ELK FALLS, KANSAS.

WATER-ELEVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,971, dated February 15, 1887.

Application filed August 19, 1886. Serial No. 211323. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, Gunmen M. ATHERTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elk Falls, in the county of Elk and State of Kansas, have invented a newand useful \Vater- Elevator, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in water-elevators, the object of the same being to provide an effective means for elevating water from wells by means of a Windlass, the operating-handle of which is of special construction, so that the rapid descent of the well-bucket will be prevented and the rotation of the operating crank-handle when the bucket is descending will be prevented.

My invention also consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure l is a perspective view of a well-casing, showing my improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side view of the crank-lever attached to the Windlass, the outer part thereof being removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken through the line 90 x of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the operatinghandle detached, showing the brake-block pivoted thereto and the spring which is attached to the handle so as to bear upon said brakeblock. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective viewof the ratchet-wheel which is keyed upon the drum-shaft. Fig. 7 is a sectional view, and Fig. Sis a side view, of one of the coveringplates. 1

A refers to the XVGlI'lJOX or upper casing, which is provided at its front portion with an opening a, through which the front end of the spout B passes. This spout is pivoted transversely to vertical pieces I) of the wellcasing by means of pivot-pins c. The bottom of this spout has attached thereto converging side pieces, 0, and the bottom board, B, is provided near its rear end. with an upwardlyprojecting pin, 1), which is located in front of the rear transverse board of the spout. To the side pieces, 0, of the spout are pivoted the ends of a bail, 0, said bail having at its central transverse portion an eye, d, through which the rope attached to the well-bucket may pass. The well-bucket D is provided at its bottom with an opening,which is adapted to be covered by a fiapvalve, d, and said wellbucket at its upper portion has a transverse bar, to which the rope D, which passes around the Windlass, is attached.

The windlass E is secured in bearings attached to the upper edge of the well casing or box A, and it is provided with asuitable operating-handle for rotating the same, as will be hereinafter set forth.

By the construction hereinbefore described, when the Windlass is turned so as to elevate the well-bucket, the upper edge of said wellbucket or the cross-bar thereof will engage with the transverse portion of the bail 0, after said bucket has been raised beyond the inner end of the spout, and will elevate said spout. After the spout becomes forwardly inclined the bucket will swing over the rear end thereof, so that the upwardly-projecting pin 1) will en gage with the flapvalve, so as to elevate the same and permit the contents of the bucket to flow into the spout, from whence it is discharged. When the bucket is lowered the spout will fall by gravity, so as to lie parallel with the well casing or box and permit the bucket to descend. \Vhen the spout is in a vertical position within the well-casing it will partially cover the opening through which it projects.

A serious objection which heretofore existed in Windlass-pumps is that the handle which turns the Windlass is liable to rotate rapidly when let go of, thus not only injuring the bucket by allowing the same to strike the water violently, but also rendering said handle a source of danger to the operator. In order to obviate such objection I provide the shaft E of the Windlass with a ratchet-wheel. G, which is securely and rigidly attached to the shaft E of the Windlass. This ratchet-wheel has formed integral therewith friction-disks g on each side of the same, said disks being adapted to contact with the inner sides of the coveringplates H H. These covering-plates are mounted loosely on the shaft E, adjacent to the ratchet-wheel G, and are provided with projecting portions 72, between which the op crating-handle I is pivotally secured by means ofa pivot, 2'. Upon a pin, i, which extends from one of the projecting portions h to the opposite one, hears a spring, I, which .will have a tendency to throw the end is of the lever in contact with the ratchet-teeth of the disk G, so that when the crank -handle is turned in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 2, the drum of the Windlass will be turned so as to wind the rope attached to the bucket upon the same. The opposite arm, is, of the lever has pivotally secured thereto a bifurcated block, Z, the ends of which will bear upon the projecting rings of the ratchet-wheel G, adjacent to the friction-disks. This block Zl'orms a friction-brake, which will prevent the rapid rotation of the Windlass when it is desired to allow the bucket to descend, the lever being first depressed so as to occupy'the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2. hen it is desired to lower the bucket, the pawl m, which is pivotally supported above the wellcasing A, will engage a notch formed in the edge of the projecting rim of the inner covering-plate H, thus locking these plates 11 H against rotary movement on the shaft. YVhen said pawl m is in engagement with the recess therefor and the handle thrown to the position shown in dotted lines, the friction-block Z will bear upon the sidewise-projecting edges of the ratchet wheel, so as to permit the weight of the bucket to cause the rotation of the Windlass.

It will be understood that the side plates are loosely mounted on the shaft E, while the ratchet-wheel is rigidly secured thereto.

lVhen it is desired to elevate the bucket it can be accomplished by simply turning the handle in the direction shown by the arrow, Fig. 2, which will cause the end of the handle it to engage with the ratchet-teeth, so that when the handle is turned the windlasswill be wound so as to elevate the bucket.

I claim- The combination of the shaft, a ratchetwheel keyed thereto and provided on either side with a friction ring, covering plates loosely mounted on the shaft audprovided with ears connected together by pins ii, a handlever pivoted on pin 2 and provided with arms is k, arranged in line with the ratchetteeth, aremovable brake block pivoted to arm 70', and bifurcated to straddle the ratchetteeth and bear upon both friction-rings, and a pawl, m, pivoted at a fixed point and arranged to engage a stop upon one of the coveringplates, substantially as described.

GARRIGK M. ATHERTON.

W'itnesses:

ISAAC l3. ALTER, GEORGE M. FLoRY.

It is hereby certified that the name of the patentee in Letters Patent No. 357Q97l, granted February 15, 1887 for an improvement in Water-Elevators, was erroneously Written in the grant of said patent Garrick W. Atherton, Whereas said name should have-been Written Garrick M. Atherton; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the ease in the Patent Office.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 26th day of July, A. D. 1887.

' D. L. HAWKINS,

Acting Secretary of the Interior.

[snnn] Oountersigned BENTON J. HALL,

Cowmnissz'oner of Patents. 

